Hidden History

Episode 29: From 1896 to 1899 over 100,000 people poured into the forests of the Canadian Yukon in search of gold. Though few found it, the Klondike Gold Rush has maintained a place in the American collective imagination. Find out about the rush that captivated a country, and inspired artists for generations to come.

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Episode 28: In the mid 1800s, as American pioneers pushed the native population further and further westward, the Chief of thee Duwamish Tribe, a man named Seattle, gave a beautiful and sentimental plea for environmentalism and native rights. There’s only one problem…it may have never happened. In this week’s episode learn about the founding of a city, and a speech that took on a life of its own.

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Episode 27: Though it only existed in its most well known form in the 1980s, Government Cheese has left a lasting impact on the collective American mind. In this week’s episode learn how this farm subsidy eventually became a highly political issue, and a sign of American urban poverty.

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Episode 26: Why play someone for the short con when you can play them for the long one? At the turn of the last century, two con artists pulled off a series of incredibly audacious scams that were so incredible that they forever changed what it meant to be a con man. Buckle up, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

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Episode 25: It was the worst environmental disaster you’ve never heard of. Over the course of 4 years, hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil contaminated with a deadly chemical were sprayed on the streets of a small Missouri town, and nobody was the wiser.

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Episode 24: The 1970s was a decade of many, many things. One of them was music, and in 1979 a group of "hip hoppers" from Englewood, New Jersey released a single that turned the world on its head, setting this new genre on its way to eventually become the most popular in the world.

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Episode 23: Here be monsters! Throughout the 1800s, small farming communities fell victim to what they believed to be frequent attacks from undead relatives come to drain their blood. What they mistook for a vampire problem was really a tuberculosis problem, and in their attempts to stop the spread of the vampire scourge, they would result to drastic and gruesome measures. Tune into this week’s episode to learn about one of the more dramatic results of medical ignorance.

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Episode 22: This week's episode is a combination of three short stories that couldn't quite make it into a full episode. Tune in to learn about the government of the strongest of the Native American nation, the roving horseback librarians of 1930s Kentucky, and time when all American nuclear launch codes were 00000000.

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Episode 21: Part 2 of 3 In the beginning, Bob Moses was an uncompromising idealist determined to restructure and reform government to greater benefit mankind. As he grew older, that idealism was slowly chipped away by his experiences with the governments of New York City and New York State. In the search for the power to make his dreams come true, Robert Moses the idealist was replaced by Robert Moses the politician.

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Episode 20: Part 1 of 3 To some, he was a genius, to others, he condemned the American city to a slow and arduous death. He was Robert Moses, the “master builder,“ and with his iron will, economic resources, and unchallenged political power, he shaped New York in accordance with his vision. The age of the car had arrived.

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